Recording: Budapest Scoring
Session Date: 20.10.25
Composer: Ayça Akın
Music: Distance (00:04:05)
Composer Bio
AYÇA AKIN is an award-winning composer based in the United States. Akın studied piano performance at Carnegie Mellon University’s Music Preparatory School. From 2022 to 2024, she completed her orchestral composing studies under composer and teacher Leon Willett.
Recognized for her musicality and emotional depth, Akın has since composed concert works and scored several films. In 2025, Akın was nominated for “Best Composer of the Future” at the Cannes World Film Festival for her original score of award-winning film The Balloon (2025).
In 2025, Akın was winner of the Annual Concert Competition for the International Alliance for Women in Music. Virago Symphonic Orchestra premiered her piece Tempesta in Cologne, Germany this September. Other recent commissions include new work for New York City’s Ensemble Ipse and new music for Confluence Ballet Company’s Spring 2026 season.
More about Ayça can be found at:
www.ayca-akin.com